9.9% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bundoora · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bundoora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 1 in 10 people volunteer in Bundoora, a figure that is well below the national average. This low rate of community involvement is paired with a lower-than-usual number of people providing unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 22.2%. While those doing 15 or more hours of housework are also a little below the national average, 12.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Victoria.
12.9% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 1.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Bundoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20399/bundoora/topic/community